[DML] Re: Living in the Bermuda Triangle

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Is it possible you've got a vacuum leak, have richened mixture to
compensate, which then comes back to bite you on the road as vacuum
drops? Vacuum leaks are mpg killers.

Engine vacuum alone should provide all the sensor plate action
necessary to open fuel injectors. Jetronic isn't like a carburetor --
no accelerator pump to squirt fuel. Is a cold start valve, but it has
nothing to do with accelerator cable.

If DMC itself recommended opening throttle plates to start car, what
does that say about idle speed motor so much in discussion of late?
Opening plates turns the thing off. 

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "K. Creason" <dmc4687@xxxx> wrote:
> >Yup. Holding the gas pedal down while cranking the engine is
actually apart
> >of the starting instructions that come with the car from DMC. You can
> actually
> 
> I've read that... I have always wondered my car should start without
that
> little step. Could be something to do with my horrible mileage too?
> 
> All though... I kind of like not having to push the pedal part way
to start.